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Seeding the City: Land Use Policies to Promote Urban Agriculture
Heather Wooten, MCP [email protected]
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© PHLP 2011
An “umbrella” term to describe a range of food growing practices from
backyard gardens to urban farms.
What is urban agriculture?
Home Gardens Small-scale
Residences
Residents
Personal consumption or donation.
(What)
(Where)
(Who)
(Why)
Community Gardens Smaller-scale
Neighborhood serving
Individuals and families
Personal consumption or donation.
(What)
(Where)
(Who)
(Why)
Ploughshares Nursery Veggielution (San Jose)
Urban Farms Larger-scale/intensive
Neighborhood or city-wide
Organizations, private enterprise
Entrepreneurial, growing for sale
(What)
(Where)
(Who)
(Why)
What’s in the toolkit?
A framework for UA land use policies
Strategies for preserving land for UA
Overview of laws affecting UA
Model comprehensive plan policy
Model zoning code
Resources
Resources
Model Land Use Policies Model Lease ,
Rules & Agreements
